August 3,2007 13:04
史上80大最具啟發力的亞裔美人
史上80大最具啟發力的亞裔美人-THE 80 MOST INSPIRING ASIAN AMERICANS OF ALL TIME-76-Leehom Wang
Any Asian American who has ever felt that, in an Asian-centric world, he might have become a pop star instead of a doctor, accountant or computer engineer can point to Leehom Wang. Not only has Wang attained international pop stardom, he has done it while coining a new, uniquely Asian genre. His ”chinked-out” music incorporates tribal sounds from China, Tibet, and Mongolia with more classical influences to create a sound that feels culturally rooted. Heroes of Earth, his most recent album, takes typical pop candy chords and infuses them with strains that could only have come from the Beijing Opera. www.leehom-cn.comQ2U.Zzf8krh!\N)u;^
在一個以亞洲人爲中心的世界裏，任何一個感到自己可以成爲流行巨星，而不是醫生、會計或是電腦工程師的亞裔美國人都可以把王力宏當成自己的榜樣。王力宏不僅擁有國際知名度，他也成功地創造了一種全新的、獨一無二的亞洲音樂形式。他的“華人嘻哈”音樂将來自中國内地、西藏以及蒙古的少數民族音樂和更多古典音樂融合在了一起，創造出了一種具有強烈文化底蘊的聲音。他的最近一張專輯《蓋世英雄》結合了典型的流行音樂元素和原本隻有京劇才有的韻味。蓋世英
At 22 Wang became the youngest artist to win the Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan’s equivalent of the Grammies, for Best Male Artist of the Year and Best Producer of the Year. A years later he became the youngest Best Producer of the Year and Best Male Vocalist at the Golden Melody Awards of 1999. Wang has released 10 Mandarin and two Japanese albums. His concerts attract hordes of screaming female fans in Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. He even has a big role Lust, Caution, the next big-budget movie from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee.
王力宏22歲即已成爲獲得台灣的格萊美——金曲獎年度最佳男演唱人和年度最佳制作人這兩個獎項的史上最爲年輕的藝人。一年之後，他成爲最爲年輕的1999金曲獎年度最佳制作人和最佳男演唱人獎。王力宏發行了10張國語和2張日語專輯。他的演唱會吸引了成千上萬來自新加坡、曼谷、香港、台北和東京的瘋狂女歌迷。他甚至在奧斯卡導演李安的下一步大制作電影《色戒》中扮演一個重要角色。Leehom Wang was born May 17, 1976 in Rochester New York. He is the black sheep from a family of doctors. His father is a pediatrician, his older brother is a Yalie doctor based out of Chicago. His younger brother, also a doctor, graduated from MIT(correction: Leekai, his younger brother was a Math major). Wang himself is no academic slouch. He was high school valedictorian, scored a perfect 1600 on his SATs, and was accepted to both Yale and Princeton. But passing up Ivy prestige for the chance to pursue his passion, attended Williams College and the Berklee College of Music. His defection to music was finalized in 1995 when, while vacationing in Taiwan, he was signed to a professional recording contract.
王力宏于1976年5月17日出生于紐約州的羅徹斯特。他是一匹出生于一個博士家庭的黑馬。他的父親是兒科醫生，哥哥是出自芝加哥，畢業于耶魯大學的博士。他的弟弟畢業于麻省理工學院(主修數學)。王力宏的學術也不賴。他是高中畢業典禮的告别演講者，在SAT考試中得了滿分1600分，并同時被耶魯和普林斯頓大學錄取。但是爲了追逐他的夢想，他走出了常春藤聯盟，而加入了威廉姆斯學院和伯克利音樂學院。他的音樂道路最終在1995年實現，當時正值在台灣度假的他簽了一份專業的唱片合同。
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